Here Mars and Venus are, shall we say, enjoying one another's company after a hard day of battle. Now, the interesting part, we think, is what is going on in lines 38-39. But it wouldn't have been so interesting if it was not for the Loeb translation which reads,

'There as he reclines, goddess, upon your sacred body, do you, bending around him from above, pour from your lips sweet coaxings...'

Could someone please explain to us what is going on here? The translator clearly has a hangup with certain realities. After all, line 37 already stated that Mars was on his back. And since no one lies on top of their own body, the 'tuo corpore sancto' is not refering to Venus, but to Mars. And Venus, the subject of the sentence, is the one 'circumfusa SUPER'. Also, the verb 'funde' in line 40, does not work very well on this translator's account given the laws of gravity. It seems that the translator did not appreciate enough the significance of his own marginal gloss on this section which reads, 'Persuade Mars your lover to give us peace.'